Advertising device.



W. H. BABCOCK.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. new.

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W. H. BABCOCK.

ADVERTISING DEVICE. APPLICATION mm MAY'5.I911.

Patented July 9, 1918.

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ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 19!].

Patented July 9, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC WADE H. BAIBCOCK, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO,ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO HARRY 11' WHI'I'TLE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1918.

Application filedMay 5, 1917. Serial No. 166,609.

Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and- State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Devices, of which thefollowing is a speci ficatioln My invention relates to improvements inadvertising devices, and more particularly to that class or type inwhich a seriesof vadvertisements are successively shown and part of thisspeclfication, F igure 1, is an illuminated through a window orsightopening in astationary casing or housing through the medium ofsuitable letter or advertisement carrying means together with suitablemechanism for intermittently actuating said letter carrying means.

The primaryobject of the invention is the provision of a generallyimproved deviceof this class which Will not only be simple inconstruction, and eflicient in operation, but one in which the lettersor words in the various advertisements to be successively. displayed andilluminated may be changed at will to meet the varying demands of actualservice.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved deviceof this class which willnot only successively and automatically displayand illuminate the various signs or lettered panels as stopped or heldin a stationary position before the sight-opening of the casing, but onein which improved means are provided for successively illuminating orprojecting light through the-letters of the advertisement in sequentialorderwhereby to spell out the words in the advertisements assuccessively displayedtogether with means for cutting out of circuit allof the light projecting lamps just prior to and'during the move- ..mentof the advertisement carrying drum or device for the display of the nextadvertiseinent and the-repetition of the spell- .ing out or successiveillumination of;the letters of the words in the advertisement as abovereferred to, A still further object is the jecting compartments arrangedto individuahze or project the light through the particular letter ordevice adapted to be brought into registry with such compartprovision'of I improved lamp containing and light proter or device will be clearlydefined as distinguished from a successive letter not yet defined by itscorresponding individual illuminating means.

With the above mentioned and other ends in View, the invention consistsin the novel construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts,hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in theaccompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a Fig. 4, a cross sectional viewtaken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, a cross sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6, a cross sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 an enlarged detailed view of the intermittently operated springactuated pinion for intermittently operating the sign carrying rotarydrum.

Fig. 8, a cross sectional view of the same taken on line 88 of Fig. 7

Fig. 9, an enlarged detailed View of the pawl or detent mechanism forintermittently releasing and stopping the sign carrying rotary drum incooperative relation to the continually revolving driving shaft andcommutator or lamp flasher mechanism.

Fig. 10, an enlarged side elevation of the same, the drum and commutatorshaft being removed for the purpose of clearer illustration of theparts.

Fig. 11, an enlargeddetailed view of the motor and motor gearing for.actuating the driving shaft and commutator.

' Fig. 12, an enlarged view of the intermittently geared end of thedriving shaft and scribed.

like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.- 1 I V v I Theimproved advertising device comprises a suitable casing or housing'l,provided at one side with a display or sightopening 1*, through whichthe various signs or advertisements are adapted tobe succes sivelydisplayed by means of the intermit tently operated sign carrying "deviceor ro= tary drum hereinafter referred to. The "sight op'ening 1 ispreferably provided with a covering 1 of suitabletransparent ortranslucent material, such as glass, or the like, 7 v V As a means ofremovably mounting the various'parts and the operating mechanismthereforjwithin the casing 1, a removably mounted stationary shaft 2,-is mounted within the casing 1-, througlithe medium of end bearings 2 intheendsor heads'of the casing.

As a-meansj of movably' carrying anddisplaying a suitable series ofadvertisements or lettered panels successively at the rear of thesight-opening 1, a rotary drum; is provided, said drum, in thepresentinstance, comprising rotatably mounted heads3, divided into a serieslongitudinally extending letter carrying panels by means of longitudinalgrooved bars 3, and further provided with circumferentially" extendingsupporting 1*ing1meinbe1-s 3". Thleparts 3i and 3 are adapted toremovably receive and contain a plurality or series of. letter-panels41, of suitable flexible material, said panels 4, being provided withsuitable transparent or openletters 4E, arranged to spell} out anysuitable Words in the advertisements to be successively displayedwithinthe sight' -opening 1i, and. to besilluminated in propersequential order for the spelling out of the Words by the mechanism,hereinafter de- As a meansof intermittently driving and stopping thei'otary drum 3, so as to successively display the series ofadvertisements in the sight-opening 1*, and holding the. same in suchsight-opening am the proper length of time necessary for the spellingout of. the Words therein soidisplayed, one of the heads of the drumis"provided with a gear 5, adapted to be intermittently driven means of apinion 6, mountedlon a shaft 6?, said shaft '6 being a connected to acontinuously revolving drivinglsliaft 7, through the mediumiofa coiledspring 8, (see Figs. 7 and 8') one ,end of the spring 8, being.connected to the shaft'fi, and the other beingxfconnectedi to a springhousing or hub 6 connectedstothe shaft 6*, the p in s nd heusi' ig 0 1hu 6'"; e

"closed or surrounded by means of alcom- 'pa'niondiousing 7 carried onthfeshaft 7 i a-,mea11,1 s of, drivir' gv thezl hlajf lylatter isprovided at oneend with a Worma shaft 11,. (see wheel 9, meshing with aworm 10, carried on F s '--a @1:ll')- the Shaft v ll=being carried insuitable brackets 12,

mounted on the stationary shaft 2, the lower end'of the shaft 11, in thepresent instance,

being provided with a pulley 11, receiving xits:-motion-= through themedium of an end less cable or belting 12 extending about'a grooveddrivingwheel 13, carried upon the lower end of a motor shaft lt, thelatter receiving its motion from -a suit'a ble'elec tric motor15,'mounted, inthe-pre's'ent instance, on one of the brackets 12." Thedriving shaft'7', is mounted in suitable? brackets 7",

also carried upon the" supporting" shaft 2, and the shaft 7,isfurther'provided with a commutator or lamp flasher cylinder 16, oneportion of the cylinder 16,,being, ofcopper: or electricconductingmaterial-and the other being of insulation curved or inclinedalong one edgeasshown in- Fig. 3, of the drawings, soas to successively'ener- 'gize or cut into circuit the various lamps andsi'multaneouslydeene'rgizing or cuttingout of circuit all of said-lampsats-uitableperiods of time as hereinafter-explained As a means of intermittentlydriving'and stopping the rotary drum at suitable intervals for thedisplay ofthe advertisements 'inthe sight-opening- 1; of the casing, andpermittingthe spring 8, (which is be- "ing Wound up orcontractedwhile-thedrum is in a stationary position)- to" expand anddrive the pinion 6, to revolve the drum, one end of thecylinder' 16, isprovided With an inclined notched portion 16*, adaptedito cooperate Witha. pawl-or detentmember 17, pivotally mounted on one'of thebracket's 7said detent' member 1-7, being connected .to

of a loose-link member 119,fa'nda" coiledcontraction spring'20. The,detent member 18, v

is connected to a supporting bracket, 21, through the medium of a'pivot' bolt 18, and the detent member'lS, isiadapted to es cillate andalternately "engage and: release the stop pins 22, on the inner Sidesofthe adjacent drum head as indicated full and dotted lines inFig. 9, ofthe drawings,

it'tbeing apparent that when the'notchedpor tion'lti aofcylinder 16,comes ,opp'ositethe ad- :ja'cent free end of the detent member 17jtfhelatter will snap into the not'cln carryjilng the dr m e i Wand- 81htheidot than, the ree end ,0; --1 1ie 1 v 8; ele sin ftheadjacenlt'stop pin on the geay'zix the' o posite'end of the detent member18,;in'jso -.,doing haying been moved ,t o theldotted {linepositionia'hove the-stop Pin, site-side ofthegearfi ,,anc l e latterwillI'1l y be 1 ,6,rinlitt,ecl-t Move a distance {cor- V resp ond'ing totlie di'stance between the rear .ClI f. the jde en ;m mber 8.v, hefitbls cent stop: ia a d ville the latter-is stepped beneatli t e detentmember 18f,' (1fo. a" liloline ros 2.25m the err- 1- original or fullline mentary period only) it will be apparent that the inclined portionof the notch 16*, will vmove the members 17 and 18 to their positionshown in Fig. 9, of the drawing, thereby stopping the rotary drum 3, ina position for the next line or panel or advertisement to be displayedin the sight-opening 1 the drum within being held in such stationaryposition a suf ficient length of time for the spelling out of theadvertisement by the successive lighting or energizing of the lampsbehind each letter as hereinafter explainedl :As a means ofindividualizing and successively illuminating. each. letter-panel 4,

in the spelling out display of the advertisement as held at the rear ofsight-opening 1 a stationary lamp supporting-trough 23, is mountedwithin the casing 1, and at the rear of the sight-opening 1 through themedium of a pair of supporting brackets 23", carried 011 a supportingshaft 2, and as a means of projecting the light from each lamp or sourceof illumination solely through the letter ofthe letter-panel 4, the lampsupporting trough is provided with a series of partitions 23",corresponding in width of the letter-panels 4, and forming a lightprojecting compartment 23", corresponding in dimensions to theletter-panels 4, adapted to individualize and project the light from thesource of illumination therein solely through the adjacent registeringletter-panels.

Each lamp 24, is suitably connected with the commutator or lamp flashercylinder 16, through the medium of suitable wires or conduits andbrushes 24, resting upon the commutator or cylinder 16, one of each pairof wires shown leading to the base portions of the brushes 24 beingsuitably insulated and connected in the circuit, and it will be apparentupon reference to Fig. 3, of the drawings that 'as'the cylinder 16,revolves the brushes from left to right will be sue cessively broughtinto contact with the conducting or circuit forming portion of thecylinder 16, thereby successively energizing from left to right thelamps-24, inthe spelling out display of the particular advertisementand, after the last lamp to the right is energized or cut into circuit,all of such lamps are cut out of circuit or denergized by the brushes24*, coming into simultaneous contact with the insulated portion of thecylinder 16.

If desired a second or standing advertisement 25, may be placed in asuperposed casing or housing 1, and lamps126, may be arranged to bebrought into circuit or energized during the interval of the rotation ofthe rotary drum 3, for the display of such advertisment 25, during suchinterval, such lamps being intermittently energized in a manner similarto lamps 24, and in an obvious and Well understood manner,

I 1. In an advertising device, a casing pro- Y vided with asight-opening, light projecting compartments at the rear of saidsight-opening, a rotary drum carrying letters, means for intermittentlydriving said drum and stopping the same with said letters betweensaid'sight-opening and light projecting compartments, and means forilluminating said compartments and letters in sequential order when thelatter and said drum are in their stopped or stationary position.

2. In an advertising device, a casing provided with a sight-opening andcarrying a series of light projecting compartments at the rear of saidopening, a rotary drum carrying a series of removable letter panels,means for intermittently driving said drum and stopping the same withsaid letter panels between said sight-opening and light projectingcompartments, electric lamps arranged in said compartments, means forsuccessively energizing said lamps in sequential order when saidletter-panels are 111 a stationary position between said compart mentsand sight-opening, and means for deenergizing all of said lamps prior toand during the movement of said drum for the display of the next seriesof letter-panels.

3. In an advertising device, a casing provided with a sight-opening andcarrying a series of light projecting compartments at the rear of saidopening, a rotary drum having a gear wheel and carrying a. ser1es ofremovable letter-panels, spring res1sted 1ntermittently operated pinionmechanism meshing with said gear wheel for intermittently driving saiddrum, pawl and stop said sight-opening and light projectingcompartments, electric lamps in said compartments, means forsuccessively energizing said lamps in sequential order when saidletter-panels are between said compartments and sight-opening, and meansfor deenergizing all of said lamps upon and durmg the movement'of saiddrum for the display of the next series of letter-panels.

4. In an advertising device, a casing provided with a sightppening, anintermittently driven rotatable drum therein carrying a series oflettered advertisements adapted to be successively shown throughsaidsight-opening, a series of light pro ecting compartments at the rearof sald slghtopening and each adapted to project light through theletters in said advertisements when the letters are brought intoregistry held in registry whereby 'to with said compartments and Isigl'it-opening, a series of lamps in said compartments, vmeansfor-successively cutting into circuit said lamps when saidadvertisementsare so spell out the words in saidadvertisements, and'means for cuttingoutof circuit all of sai'd'lamps prior "to and during the'movementofsaiddrum for'the display of-the next advertisement.

5. In an advertising device, -a-casingprotitled with sight-opening,light projecting compartments therein at the rear of saidsight-opening,- a rotary drum carrying letters, a commutatorprovided'with "a spring connected pinion 'for driving said drum whenreleased, pawl mechanism operated by said commutator for intermittentlyreleasreleased, "with said letters'in front ofsaid light projectingcompartments, 2 and means -controlled by said commutator'forilluminating said compartments and letters in sequential-order-vvhenthelatter and said drum are intheir stopped=position..

- 6. Inanadvertising device, a casing provided -Withsight-opening, lightprojecting compartments ftherein at the rear of said sight-opening, arotarydrum carrying letters, and provided with a gear wheel having stoppins, a commutator-provided with a springconnected pinionforintermittently driving said gear wheel and "drum, pawlmechanism'operated by said commutator in cooperative relation to-saidstop pins for stopping saiddrum with said letters in front of said lightprojecting compartmentsyand means controlled by said commutator forilluminating said compartments and-letters in sequential order whenthelatter'and said drum are 1n 1 their stopped position.

7. In anadvertising device, a'casingprovided with a sight opening, astationary supporting shaft therein, an in'termittently driven rotary'drum thereon carrying a series of removable letter-panels adapted to besuccessively shown in lines of advertisements wVlIQll saidadvertisements the movement ofsaid drum for the of the nextadvertisement. 111g sa1d drum and 'stopplng the same when rotary drum,

through said sight-opening, -a series of light projecting compartmentscarried by said shaft and adapted-to pro ect lightthrough the letters insaid advertisements when the shaft provided with a spring connectedjpinion connected 'to said rotary drum, a

commutator on sa1d driving shaft for successively cutting into circuitsaid lamps are so'*held in registry whereby to-spell'out the words insaid advertisement and'cutting' out of circuit all of said lamps :priorto and during display '8. In 1 an' advertislng device, a casing providedwith a sight-opening, stationary supporting shaft therein, a rotary'driun thereon carrying a seriesofremovable letterpanels adapted to besuccessively shown in lines' of advertisements F through saidsighthopening a series of light projecting compartments carriedby saidshaft and adapted 'to project light-through the letters-in saidadvertisements when the latter are brought into registry c with said"compartments and sight-openingya SGPIGS of lamps insaid c0m apartments,

a driving shaft operatively con= nected to and intermittently drivingsaid and a commutator'on said driving shaft for successively cuttinginto circuitsaid lamps when said advertisements are so heldin registrywhereby to spell out the words in said advertisement and cutting out'ofcircuit all of said-lamps prior to and during the movement of-said drumfor the display .of the next advertisement.

In testimony whereof I' have aflixed :my

signature in the :presence of two witnesses.

, v WA E rL' ABoooK "Witnesses:

C. 'GRAvEs, O. 'C. BILLMAN'.

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